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Review of "The Company of Trees"  

by: Roger

The Company of Trees  

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on: 10 Apr 2017

Review extract: Reflective, informative, entertaining. ...

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Review of "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August"  

by: Roger

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August  

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on: 26 Mar 2017

Review extract: Really good engrossing read, partly science fiction, partly thriller, partly psyco-thriller

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Review of "Public Library and Other Stories"  

by: Roger

Public Library and Other Stories  

on: 12 Mar 2017

Review extract: Abandoned one third way through. ...

Full review 43 words

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Review of "Once in Europa"  

by: Roger

Once in Europa  

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on: 12 Mar 2017

Review extract: Strange book, the images - photos mostly from an aerial viewpoint as almost abstract patterns - are also telling a story; possibly.

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Review of "Nothing But Grass"  

by: Roger

Nothing But Grass  

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on: 05 Mar 2017

Review extract: Very enjoyable, although slightly bitty and a large confusing cast of characters.

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Review of "Ecology of Wisdom"  

by: Roger

Ecology of Wisdom  

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on: 22 Feb 2017

Review extract: As the father of deep ecology he deserves to be read. ...

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Review of "Gold Fame Citrus"  

by: Roger

Gold Fame Citrus  

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on: 19 Feb 2017

Review extract: OK, if slightly troubling, for the first section in California and the flight. ...

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Review of "The Making of the English Landscape"  

by: Roger

The Making of the English Landscape  

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on: 25 Jan 2017

Review extract: Fascinating, informative, at times opinionated and wholly entertaining.

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Review of "Pig Earth"  

by: Roger

Pig Earth  

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on: 21 Jan 2017

Review extract: Really enjoyed this. ...

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Review of "New Finnish Grammer"  

by: Roger

New Finnish Grammer  

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on: 06 Jan 2017

Review extract: An excellent mediation on the nature of self as defined by memory and language. ...

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Review of "The Swordfish and the Star"  

by: Roger

The Swordfish and the Star  

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on: 05 Jan 2017

Review extract: Written in a disjointed tense which makes it hard to read at times (present immediate reported?) but a compelling picture emerges of interlocking hard lives and loves.

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Rating only "Fleeing Vesuvius" -1  

by: rogeradmin

Fleeing Vesuvius  

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on: 01 Jan 2017

No summary or review available

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Review of "The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote"  

by: Roger

The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote  

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on: 13 Dec 2016

Review extract: Really not very interesting. ...

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Review of "Nightblind"  

by: Roger

Nightblind  

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on: 01 Dec 2016

Review extract: Very good followup. ...

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Review of "The Well at the Worlds End"  

by: Roger

The Well at the Worlds End  

on: 26 Nov 2016

Review extract: Load of old codswallop. ...

Full review 38 words

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Review of "A Guide for the Perplexed"  

by: Roger

A Guide for the Perplexed  

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on: 03 Nov 2016

Review extract: Very useful, but increasingly we see the boundaries between the levels of being as somewhat fuzzy, not so much an ontological discontinuity as an ontological phase shift.

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Review of "Americanah"  

by: Roger

Americanah  

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on: 02 Oct 2016

Review extract: Interesting nigerian view of america and americanised nigerian (an americanah) view of Nigeria.

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rating of "SPQR"  

by: Roger

SPQR  

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on: 18 Sep 2016

No summary or review available

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Review of "Clade"  

by: Roger

Clade  

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on: 04 Sep 2016

Review extract: Good in parts, although ulimately not really engaging with the family of characters

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Review of "Ghostwritten"  

by: Roger

Ghostwritten  

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on: 29 Aug 2016

Review extract: Very good. ...

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Review of "Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death"  

by: Roger

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death  

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on: 23 Aug 2016

Review extract: Agatha Christie meets Midsomer Murders. ...

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rating of "A Pattern Language"  

by: Roger

A Pattern Language  

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on: 21 Aug 2016

No summary or review available

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Review of "Vanity Fair"  

by: Roger

Vanity Fair  

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on: 20 Aug 2016

Review extract: Things may change but relationships stay the same. ...

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rating of "The Forgiveness of Nature"  

by: Roger

The Forgiveness of Nature  

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on: 07 Aug 2016

No summary or review available

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rating of "Plato's Revenge"  

by: Roger

Plato's Revenge  

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on: 01 Aug 2016

No summary or review available

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